Art was an escapism, a way to express my feelings without restrictions. It was a world created from my heart. Art was the only subject I was truly gifted in, the only subject I truly felt right for me. In school, I had one encouraging teacher who provided me with the inspiration to pursue my art dream. I deeply studied moods, Artists and their works. I was fascinated and held in awe by their thought processes and applications. The deeper I delved following my studies of Art, journeyed me to enter the worlds of renown Artists and further inspired me to express my inner feelings as they did. Art is an expression, with no limitations. Be bold, break boundaries. During my time spent studying at University, I discovered that I could combine my passion for art with ‘Theatre & Media, Film & TV, Hair and Makeup’ Artistry. I was encouraged and enabled to explore differing cultures, historical era’s and iconic styles and fashions which I would probably never have had exposure to if it wasn’t for higher education. Throughout my studies and industry beginnings, I have always also been business minded. At the age of 15, I started my own business of ‘Stevie’s SFX’, specialising in Halloween makeup (design and application), which proved very successful with multiple satisfied clients throughout that Halloween season. At that time, self taught, I added a life-casting business to my endeavours by forming ‘Stevie’s Life-casting’. ‘Creating a moment that could be cherished forever by loved ones’ was both my slogan and a truthful reality. I produced many hand casts with my family and as I found each cast was very sentimentally important to family members and myself, I wanted to share so that others could have something tangible of a moment in time to cherish their loved ones too. Following graduation in Hair & Makeup for Theatre & Media BA, achieving a 2:1! I am now an internationally published Hair & Makeup Specialist for Fashion & Film, with front cover fashion editorials and am enjoying meeting some truly amazing people. Now I am focusing on further professional development and growing my business internationally in the fashion and film industry travelling as a key makeup artist and creating masterclasses and books for others on this journey which would have been so beneficial while on my own learning pathway.

Anything is possible if you believe in it, Stevie Lou x

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COMING SOON – Stevie Louise Gricks Artistry ‘Professional Hair and Makeup Artistry for Fashion’ book. #BeginnersEdition

Dedication:

My book is dedicated to aspiring artists who wants to fulfill their dreams in the Artistic industry. Designed to break down skills, techniques and knowledge that I have trained extremely hard for over the years. When I had first started at uni and the Hair and Makeup industry, there wasn’t any budget friendly books available with all the information I needed to start with. I want my experience and hard work to help fellow artists be ready for industry and help develop advanced skills, techniques and knowledge. Hopefully, influencing you to create your own makeup designs and artistic skillset. Creating beautiful art work you will be proud of. I speak about how to publish your work internationally in magazines and demonstrating various types of makeup such as ‘Film, Theatre’ and ‘Film & TV’.

A huge thank you to my mum and dad for believing and supporting me throughout the years of blood, sweat and tears. I couldn’t have done it without you both, my two hero’s x